Diary of a Wrestling Fan

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about WrestleMania 13, and he talks about how the WWF despite losing the battle with WCW at this point, how they were working hard to improve their TV, how the main event guys were shining through....

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about what has been heavily regarded as the biggest and best super-card of all-time, WrestleMania X7!  Bill talks about how it was all he and his friends could talk about leading up to it, how...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the first WrestleMania he watched on Pay Per View, WrestleMania VIII!  Bill talks about the memorable angles that lead up to it, including the face-turn of the Undertaker, the heel turn...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the show that changed it all for him.  An invite from his friend Josh Remmelzwaal, lead him to attending Alpha-1 Wrestling's Stage 2, at the Firefighter's Hall in Hamilton, just before t...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the first time he watched WCW SuperBrawl II, as he talks about his growing fandom for WCW, how he was eager to see Sting become champion again, how he was enamored by Jushin Thunder Liger, hi...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today.   On this episode, Bill reminisces about the 1994 Royal Rumble!  Bill talks about some of the great stories and build-up towards this show.  Despite the fact business wasn't great in North America, there was some gr...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the 2014 Royal Rumble.  Remembering it as the "Daniel Bryan Protest Show", also known as CM Punk's last stand.  Bill addresses the WWE's possible disconnect from some fans at this p...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the 1992 Royal Rumble.  And yes it is deemed "Everybody's favorite", and there's a good reason why it's so heavily revered.  Bill talks about the buildup, and all the great intertwi...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the first and only Pay Per View from WOW: Women of Wrestling, UNLEASHED!  Bill talks about how the various gimmicks were simply homages lacking the campiness of GLOW or POWW, he talks ab...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about a strange yet interesting era in the history of WCW, late 1993.  He talks about how before this show, he never cared much for Ric Flair, what the WCW product was like at the time, what t...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the night Chris Jericho achieved one of his greatest feats, WWF Vengeance 2001.  He also talks about the end of the Invasion, how WWF was now forced to try new things, the arrival of Ric...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the disaster that was ECW December to Dismember '06.  He talks about the re-launch of the ECW brand, how in some ways it looked promising, how in hindsight he never should've held out su...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill reminisces about the thanksgiving tradition known as Survivor Series '93.  He looks back on the main event scene at the time and how he perceived Lex Luger among the top babyfaces in the main event scene...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today.   On this episode, Bill reminisces about the much hyped wedding that took place on RAW on November 29th 1999, between Stephanie McMahon, and Test!  Bill explains why he thinks it would've been better for Test more so tha...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today.   On this episode Bill reminisces about his growing fandom as a kid for Eddie Guerrero, from the first time he saw him in WCW, to watching his stuff from AAA and ECW on tape, to his memorable WWE run, and to the untimely end....

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode Bill reminisces about one of the most, and arguably the most, talked about and controversial story in the history of wrestling.  The Montreal Screwjob.  He reflects on how passionate about this feud he re...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode Bill reminisces about when WCW was red-hot, and the night Halloween Havoc 1997 took place.  He talks about how the "Age in the Cage" main event did nothing for him even leading up to the show, how DDP/Savage w...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode Bill reminisces about Kurt Angle going to TNA.  He talks about his shocking departure from WWE, how much a big deal this was for TNA, how psyched he was for the impending showdown with Samoa Joe, plus the firs...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode Bill reminisces about that crazy time that was the Fall of 1995.  He talks about how he was over Diesel as champion, how not all of 1995 was as bad as people say, the rise of Shawn Michaels, the debut of the G...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode Bill reminisces about the time changing period that was late 1992, and zeroes in on what would be the final episode of Saturday Night's Main Event for about 13 years.  He also talks about the arrival of new ta...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill continues his discovery of Tape Trading into the 2000's, which gave him a major appreciation for Indy wrestling stars more than ever, many of whom would go on to shine in WWE, including one that became one of...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill looks back on a time he met a friend who was into tape trading.  It was this time Bill fell in love with the territories, appreciating wrestlers he never cared for, developing  a new respect for wre...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill looks back on when a WWF pay per view came to his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada for the first time (Royal Rumble '88 was NOT a PPV let's be clear about that).  He reminisces about the fact he did...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill looks back on one of the hottest eras of pro wrestling, 1998.  He looks back on WCW/nWo Fall Brawl '98, the annual War Games match he always got excited about year after year.  He talks about the ar...

Join Ontario independent wrestling personality, Bill Chase, as he takes you on an ongoing journey throughout his years as a wrestling fan from 1987 all the way to today. On this episode, Bill looks back on a RAW & Smackdown he attended in Toronto back to back in September of 2001.  He talks about how he felt about the Invasion, how he scored tickets to this show, the dread of school and h...